Melanie Griffith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 9, 1957 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 110
Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.
Born in New York City to actress Tippi Hedren and advertising executive Peter Griffith, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age 16. In 1975, a then 17-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's film noir Night Moves. She later rose to prominence for her role portraying a pornographic actress in Brian De Palma's thriller Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy Something Wild (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.
The 1990s had Griffith in a series of roles that received varying critical reception; she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in Buffalo Girls (1995), and as Marion Davies in RKO 281 (1999), while also earning a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in Shining Through (1992), as well as receiving nominations for Crazy in Alabama (1999) and John Waters' cult film Cecil B. Demented (2000). Other credits include John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights (1990), Milk Money (1994), the neo-noir film Mulholland Falls (1996), as Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), and Another Day in Paradise (1998).
She later starred as Barbara Marx in The Night We Called It a Day (2003), and spent the majority of the 2000s appearing on such television series as Nip/Tuck, Raising Hope, and Hawaii Five-0. After acting on stage in London, in 2003, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical Chicago, receiving celebratory reviews. In the 2010s, Griffith returned to film, starring opposite then-husband Antonio Banderas in the science-fiction film Autómata (2014) and as an acting coach in James Franco's The Disaster Artist (2017).
Known for
Filmography
Melanie Griffith - Die Frau, die Hollywood überlebte
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
By Design
2026Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Little Pageant That Could
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Commitment to Life
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Kardashians
2022TV
Self
The High Note
2020Movie
Tess
Howard
2018Movie
Karen (archive footage)
The Pirates of Somalia
2017Movie
Maria Bahadur
Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Disaster Artist
2017Movie
Jean Shelton
J.L. Family Ranch
2016Movie
Laura Lee
Day Out of Days
2015Movie
Kathy
Back to the Jurassic
2015Movie
Tyra
Nerd Herd
2015Movie
Celeste
Automata
2014Movie
Dr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
Yellow
2014Movie
Patsy
Thirst
2014Movie
Sue
The Grief Tourist
2013Movie
Betsy
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013Movie
Kristin
Dino Time
2012Movie
Tyra (voice)
DTLA
2012TV
Kimberly
Raising Hope
2010TV
Tamara Collins
Hawaii Five-0
2010TV
Clara Williams
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
2010Movie
Snow (voice)
Hot in Cleveland
2010TV
Melanie Griffith
Viva Laughlin
2007TV
Bunny
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007TV
Self
Twins
2005TV
Lee Arnold
Lethal Seduction
2005Movie
Miranda Wells
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
2004Movie
Self (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003TV
Self
The Night We Called It a Day
2003Movie
Barbara Marx
Nip/Tuck
2003TV
Brandie Henry
Tempo
2003Movie
Sarah
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
Shade
2003Movie
Eve
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
Stuart Little 2
2002Movie
Margalo (voice)
Searching for Debra Winger
2002Movie
Self
Tart
2001Movie
Diane Milford
Light Keeps Me Company
2000Movie
Self
The Book That Wrote Itself
2000Movie
Melanie Griffith
Cecil B. Demented
2000Movie
Honey Whitlock
Forever Lulu
2000Movie
Lulu Mcafee
RKO 281
1999Movie
Marion Davies
Crazy in Alabama
1999Movie
Lucille Vinson
Another Day in Paradise
1998Movie
Sid
Celebrity
1998Movie
Nicole Oliver
Hollywood Squares
1998TV
Self - Panelist
Shadow of Doubt
1998Movie
Kitt Devereux
Lolita
1997Movie
Charlotte Haze
The View
1997TV
Self
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996TV
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Mulholland Falls
1996Movie
Katherine Hoover
Two Much
1995Movie
Betty
Now and Then
1995Movie
Teeny
A Night to Die For
1995Movie
Self
Buffalo Girls
1995Movie
Dora DuFran
Lo + plus
1995TV
Self - Audience Member
Nobody's Fool
1994Movie
Toby Roebuck
Milk Money
1994Movie
V
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Born Yesterday
1993Movie
Billie Dawn
A Stranger Among Us
1992Movie
Emily Eden
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland
1992Movie
Self - Host (US)
Shining Through
1992Movie
Linda Voss
Paradise
1991Movie
Lily Reed
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990Movie
Maria Ruskin
Pacific Heights
1990Movie
Patty Palmer
In the Spirit
1990Movie
Lureen
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990Movie
Hadley (segment "Hills Like White Elephants")
The Simpsons
1989TV
Melanie Griffith (voice)
Working Girl
1988Movie
Tess McGill
Stormy Monday
1988Movie
Kate
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988Movie
Flossie Devine
Cherry 2000
1987Movie
Edith 'E.' Johnson
Something Wild
1986Movie
Audrey Hankel
Body Double
1984Movie
Holly Body
Miami Vice
1984TV
Christine von Marburg
Fear City
1984Movie
Loretta
Goldene Kamera
1984TV
Self
Roar
1981Movie
Melanie
Golden Gate
1981Movie
Karen
She's in the Army Now
1981Movie
Pvt. Sylvie Knoll
The Star Maker
1981Movie
Dawn Barnett Youngblood
Underground Aces
1981Movie
Lucy
The Cheryl Ladd Special
1979Movie
Ellie - Waitress
Steel Cowboy
1978Movie
Johnnie
Vega$
1978TV
Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This
1978Movie
Girl in Hotel Room
Carter Country
1977TV
One on One
1977Movie
The Hitchhiker
Joyride
1977Movie
Susie
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977TV
The Garden
1977Movie
Young Girl
Once an Eagle
1976TV
Jinny Massengale
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Starsky & Hutch
1975TV
Julie
The Drowning Pool
1975Movie
Schuyler Devereaux
Smile
1975Movie
Karen
Night Moves
1975Movie
Delilah "Delly" Grastner
The Harrad Experiment
1973Movie
Student (uncredited)
Smith!
1969Movie
Extra (uncredited)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
Tony Awards
1956TV
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Nominee, Self, Self - Audience Member
Monty and the Movies
Movie
Self (archive footage)
American Housewife
TV